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Hepatitis B
Hepatitis B is an infectious inflammatory illness of the liver caused by hepatitis B virus (HBV). It can divide to acute and chronic viral hepatitis B. According to specialists, hepatitis B virus is one of the known viruses can cause liver cancer and over 90% cancer patients are with the medical history of hepatitis B.
Liver Cirrhosis
Liver cirrhosis is the most common chronic liver disease at clinic. It is a diffuse hepatic damage causing from one or several diseases repeatedly or constantly in a long term. Among those disease, chronic viral hepatitis like hepatitis B and C are the mainly cause of liver cirrhosis.
Related statistics indicate that, 15%-20% hepatitis patients would develop to liver cirrhosis within 5 years and the annual incidence of liver cancer in liver cirrhosis patients is 3%—6%. So it is important for patients of hepatitis or virus carriers to have early treatment to control their condition.